When it comes to Christian education, Bible colleges have become fairly commonplace. Why, then, would Ligonier Academy sponsor its own Bible college? The reason is simple: Ligonier Academy’s college program will be committed to the doctrinal views and spiritual values distinctive to Ligonier Ministries.
Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies is committed to the historic Reformed faith as expressed in the solas of the Reformation and in the consensus of the confessional standards: the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of the Synod of Dordt and the London Baptist Confession.
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The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God by Jonathan Edwards is one of the great classics of revival literature. A key figure of the Great Awakening, Edwards wrote this important discourse in 1741 just after the revival had reached its peak. In 2000, R.C. Sproul wrote an Introduction to a version of this classic work that had been edited and modernized by Archie Parrish. This Introduction effectively compares Edwards’s nineteenth century to our society and explains the importance of Edwards' treatise.
In the third part, Dr. Sproul offers a preview of the Distinguishing Marks.
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Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R.C. Sproulhas recently expanded its broadcast to include several new markets. While the broadcast has previously aired on these stations in years past, we are excited to be able to once again offer the broadcast in these areas.
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Homosexuality has embraced our culture and our culture has embraced homosexuality. It’s part of the fallen nature of things, and fallen man has always been an expert at creating ingenuous ways to celebrate his brokenness.
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When I came to work at Ligonier over five years ago, I knew we had a challenge in front of us. The ministry was growing — thriving even. But what would happen when the day came that Dr. Sproul could no longer provide his steady hand on the helm of the ministry he founded in 1971? I soon found out I wasn’t the only one concerned. No one cared more about this question than Ligonier’s founder himself, and I discovered he had already been working on the solution with his acute mind and humble heart.
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Like Calvinism and Reformed theology, these two terms are often used as synonyms, but could be understood as genus and species. That is, embracing Calvinism is part of what it means to be Reformed, but not the whole. In like manner some would suggest that theonomy is part of the broader body of convictions described as reconstructionism. Theonomy might be understood as the conviction that the civil law God gave to Israel in the Old Testament ought to be the law of the land in all nations everywhere.
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The Campaign for Ligonier Ministries has reached a new milestone. With over $6 million in commitments to date, the remainder left to fund is now below the $9.6 million mark – or 38.5% of the original $15.6 million goal. We are grateful to God who moves in the hearts of His people that we have made such progress despite two years of relentless economic recession. Renovations to the three standing buildings that will house Ligonier Academy, our international headquarters, and a new media center are well underway.
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Watch as Dr. Sproul introduces The College at Ligonier Academy and explains why it is so important in our day. Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies now is accepting applications for its first four- and two-year undergraduate degree programs, beginning Fall 2011. Through academically rigorous scriptural study, our desire is to offer young minds a deep, meaningful encounter with the author of history, the source of truth, and the sustainer of our faith.
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The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God by Jonathan Edwards is one of the great classics of revival literature. A key figure of the Great Awakening, Edwards wrote this important discourse in 1741 just after the revival had reached its peak. In 2000, R.C. Sproul wrote an Introduction to a version of this classic work that had been edited and modernized by Archie Parrish. This Introduction effectively compares Edwards’s nineteenth century to our society and explains the importance of Edwards' treatise.
In the second part of this Introduction, Dr. Sproul looks to the Cultural Context of the work and seeks to show the relevance of Edwards's Distinguishing Marks.
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